MADRID 23 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
This Saturday, Polish farmers blocked the Medika border crossing, located on the border with Ukraine and one of the most important in the country, within the framework of a new protest against the Government’s agricultural policy and the signing of the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur.
The protesters have thus prevented the entry of trucks into Polish territory, although they have allowed one of these vehicles to leave every hour from the Polish side towards Ukraine. This measure, however, does not apply to passenger cars or military or humanitarian vehicles.
The protesters criticize the Government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk for not fulfilling its promises regarding taxes for farmers, who say they are in solidarity with those of other countries, who also oppose the signing of the agreement between the EU and the countries of Mercosur, according to information from the Polish news agency PAP.
As they have expressed, this pact would destroy European agriculture given that the Mercosur countries do not respect the same legislation as in the countries of the community bloc, a situation similar to that which occurs with imports of Ukrainian agricultural products.
Blockades on the border with Ukraine have been occurring regularly over the last year given the exemptions imposed on Ukrainian imports in response to the Russian invasion of the territory, a measure that has not been well received in some EU countries.